Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program

The Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant program provides affordable funding for essential community facilities in rural areas. Examples include health care facilities, town halls, and public safety facilities.

Funds can be used to purchase, build, or improve essential community facilities, to buy equipment, and pay approved project expenses. The project must take place in a rual area, including cities, villages, and towns with no more than 20,000 residents according to the latest U.S. Census Data.

Examples include:

• Child care centers
• Libraries and educational facilities
• Facilities and equipment that support distance learning and telehealth
• Food banks and greenhouses
• Infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, dams, harbors, and levees